Brake-shoe.



A. G. VAUCLAIN. BRAKE SHOE.

Patented Se t. 21, 190.9.

J v UNITED STATES ATENT one-ion.

'ANDREU C. VAQJGLAIN; OF PHILADELPHIA, P'ENNSYWAMA.

BRAKE-SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW O. VnUoLaIw, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pnnsylvania,.have invented certain Improvements in Brake-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention'is to provide a brake shoe which will prevent chatter to a considerable, extent and which will wear away evenly so that the portion which is scrapped after the shoe is worn will be much less than heretofore.

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In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1', is a side View of my improved brake shoe applied to a brake head; Fig. 2, is a detached side view of the brake shoe; Fig. 3, isa face View; F 1g. 4-, 1s a rear View; 5, is a sectional View on the l1ne 5-5, Fig. 2;

I Fig. '6, is a sectional view on theline 6 6,

Fig; 2, and-Fig.7, is a perspective view of the shoe.

.'A a brake shoe and B is a head'to' which the brake shoe is attached in the ordina manner. The head has a cavity 1) for t e reception of the In a projecting from the rear of the brake s 0c; the lug is perforated in the presentinstance, for the passage-of a wedge pin 0 of the ordinary At each end of the brake shoe are flan es a, which extend over the ends of the heat. B. This flange of the w eel and bears against the tread of the wheel. This type of shoe-is particularly adapted for motor driven car trucks where it is difficult to connect thetwo heads of the brake mechanism on opposite sides of the truck by means ofa brake beam,

and in order to keep the brake head and shoe .that the shoe materially reduces the chatterin line the brake shoe is extended and has a groove al in the extension into which the flange of the wheel projects, the flange keeping the shoe in proper alinement, but brake shoes made in the ordinary manner and having a groove are liable to chatter and wear unevenly as they are not properly balanced owing to the fact that the shoe is unevenly hung, and will i termittently bind and re lease the flange OI the wheel. Furthermore, a projection has to be made at the rear of the brake shoe from which the lugextends, and consequently the value of this extra metal is practically lost when the shoe is scrapped.

By my invention not only the frictional pull but the rapidity of wear of the entire 'shoe will be' practically equal, and will remain so throughout the life of the shoe, and

articular shoe engages thejPatelrtedSept. 21,1909. Application filed January 18, 1909. Serial Nb. 472,867,

when the shoe is worn to its limit the weight is much less than any shoe heretofore made.

Refer-ringltothe drawings, the-body portion A of the shoe has lateral projections A at each end, and these projections have a groove d for the reception of the flange of I the wheel, the extension betweenthe projecline of the tread of the wheel,,so that when pressure is applied there-is no tendency of the brake shoe to intermittentl release the flange of the wheel, and the face of thebrake shoe will wear evenly throughout its entire surface. l

By making the brake shoe in the manner above described, I need not provide a projection at the back of the shoe as the lug can grip and project directly'from the; body portion A of the shoe. I preferably strengthen this lug, however, by making a lateral projection a on the body portion which extends into the recess 6, as illustrated in Fig. 3, but this projection wears away with the body of'the shoe and is not wastewhen the shoe is scrapped. l

The recess e extends entirely shoe from the face to the back, wearing face of the shoe is through the so that the I have found by practical experiments engaging the flange of the wheel, a section of the grooved portion and'part of the t1 ead,

of the shoe being entirely cut away so that not only the frictional pull but the rapidity of wear will be practically equal and will remain so throughout the life of the shoe;

2. A brake shoe having a grooved portion engaging the flange of the wheel, a section of the grooved portion and part of the tread not changed as i the shoe is reduced in thickness.

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being entirely cut away, and a central lug receive the flanges of the wheel, the'face of projecting from the rear of the body of the the brake shoe being recessed, and a portion 15 brakeshoe and by whichit is attached to the of the face of the shoe at the center pro- 'ecting into the recess, and a lug projecting 3. A brake shoe having a bod portion from the rear of the shoe.

withlateral extensions at each'en said ex- In testimony-whereof, I have signed my tensions being grooved to engage the flange name to this specification, in the presence 20 of a gvlgeel, the lipdy portion being also reof two subscribing witnesses. cesse etween t e two extensions soas to v T T decrease the ai'ea of the bearing snrface on ABDREXV VAUCLAR one side of a longitudinal balance line. \Vitnesses:

4. A brake shoe having a bearing face J 0s. H. Kuhn, and lateral extensions at each end grooved to i YVM. A. BARR.- 

